OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 
205 
Tellina flexuosa, Say, Pinna muricata, Lam. 
‘" “polita, « Avicula Atlantica, G 
“lateralis? . Syn. “ — hirundo, Say, 
sf Burnetti, Brod. Mya arenaria, Lin. 
. Lucina divaricata, Lin. Corbula contracta, Say, 
g cribraria, Say, Pandora trilineata, £ 
- crenulata, Con. Pecten purpuratus, Lam. 
is radians, ce Syn. “ — dislocatus, Say, 
: trisulcata, SS Plicatula ramosa ? Lam. 
Astarte lunulata, se Lima squamosa, Con. 
Donax variabilis, Say, Ostrea Virginiana, List. 
Cytherea gigantea, Lam. Anomiaephippium, — Lin. 
Artemis concentrica, ‘e Chama sp? 
Cyrena Carolinensis, Bose. 
EcCHINODERMA. 
Spatangus atropos, Scutella (millita) 5—-phora, 
Echinus granulatus ? Say, et Gan» ramnpla. 
CiRRIPEDIA. 
Balanus ovularis, Lam. 
PoLyPARIA. 
Astrea, Lunuiites, 
Several of these are unknown, living, on the coast of South Carolina; but, in the present state of 
our knowledge of the Fauna of the coast, it would not be safe to conclude that therefore they do 
not exist on it. Lucina Burnetti is living on the coast of California; Arca lienosa and Infundi- 
bulum depressum are not known recent, and are fossil in the Pliocene; Strombus pugilis, Car- 
dium serratum and a few others, are natives of the coast of Florida. Of the corals, Astrea is 
found encrusting shells, and Zwnulites is very abundant in the sand. 
PLIOcENE FossI1.Ls.* 
MamMatia. 
Mastodon maximus, Cuv. Cervus. 
PISCEs. 
Carcharodon, Hemipristis, 
Lamna, Saurocephalus, 
Galeocerdo, Celorhynchus. 
* Those in italics are recent also. 
It is proper to remark that Prof. Agassiz is of opinion that our fossils are identical with living species, as we suppose. He pro- 
poses to point out true characteristics sufficient to distinguish them; and I must confess that I was not a litttle surprised, when he 
showed me a character in Natica heros that runs through all the fossil individuals, but is not found in the recent species. This 
Opens a wide and inviting field, but in determining the fossils of this list, I was, for want of time, and other reasons, obliged to 
pass it by, and adhere to the methods hitherto followed in identifying species. 
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